LLI Purple Lesson 13: Under the Spell of Hypnosis

What genre is Under the Spell of Hypnosis?

• Autobiography- A true story about the author’s life.

• Informational Text- A text that includes facts and information about real life topic.

• Realistic Fiction- A made up story that could happen in real life.

• Hybrid- A mix of nonfiction and fiction in one book.

What evidence is provided to show the reader this text is a hybrid of fiction and nonfiction?

• The author included text features, like headings, subheadings, sidebars, and a glossary.

• The author used illustrations throughout the text.

• The author provided facts about hypnosis and included a narrative story to explain how hypnosis would work.

• The author was writing about their own personal experiences with hypnosis.

What is the main idea of the text, Under the Spell of Hypnosis?

• Doctors and scientists don’t know how hypnosis affects the brain.

• Anyone can be hypnotized at any point in their lives.

• Hypnosis allows people to concentrate on one thought or suggestion.

• Hypnotherapy can be helpful because it helps people change unwanted behaviors.

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Select all of the reasons why the author included a narrative comic in the beginning of the nonfiction text.

• To show the reader how someone would be hypnotized.

• To engage the reader with a short story because fiction is better than nonfiction.

• To use as an example later on in the text to support their reasoning.

• To give additional facts and information about hypnosis.

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Match the following textual evidence with the statement that best supports or refutes it.

• Hypnosis is used to trick people.

• "Hypnotized people don’t do anything they wouldn’t do on their own."

• You're being controlled when hypnotized.

• "A hypnotized person is not asleep, but relaxed and quiet.  The person is actually paying close attention to what the hypnotherapist says."

• We know how hypnosis affects the brain.

• "Doctors and therapists have used hypnosis for hundreds of years, but we still don’t know exactly why it works."

• People are put to sleep when hypnotized.

• "Hypnosis is a technique used by doctors and other professionals to help patients deal with problems."

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The following quote supports the fact that hypnosis can help people reach their goals: “Believing that smoking was like eating mud helped him to quit an unhealthy habit” (pg 8).

• True

• False

The following quote supports the fact that hypnotherapists use a script, or written instructions to give suggestions on how someone will change: “During hypnosis, suggestion becomes more powerful than reality” (pg 8).

• True

• False

Put the following events in order to explain the process of hypnotherapy:

• The patient is put into a relaxed state.

• The patient is brought out of the relaxed state.

• The patient listens to the script the hypnotherapist reads, repeating the sentences again and again.

• Someone has a behavior they want to change.

• The person meets with a hypnotherapist.

What is the author's stance on hypnotherapy?

• She thinks hypnotherapy can help others because it helps them rule the world.

• She thinks hypnotherapy cannot be helpful because people are asleep when they are given suggestions.

• She thinks hypnotherapy cannot be helpful because not everyone can be hypnotized.

• She thinks hypnotherapy can help others because it helps them change their habits.

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Some people choose to use ​ (a)   to change their behaviors, deal with pain, or reach a goal in their lives. Whatever ​ (b)   someone wants to change, they can go see a ​ (c)   . She or he will put the patient into a relaxed ​ (d)   and then read a prepared ​ script . The patient becomes so ​ (e)   by the suggestions that many change their behaviors. This technique is not well understood, but it can help people make positive changes in their lives.

• hypnosis
• qualities
• hypnotherapist
• state
• absorbed

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